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A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. In other cases, metros have gradually evolved from former tram or rail lines, so it is sometimes difficult to tell the actual length or date of inauguration of the metro system.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. Ticket prices are for 10 km or 10 stops Price of a single ticket for the public transport network (bus, streetcar or metro) for a journey of approx. 10 km/6 miles or at least 10 stops (2009).



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1TurkeyAdana18 Mar 2009Asia8.0 km8
2AlgeriaAlgiers2009Africa9.0 km10
3NetherlandsAmsterdam16 Oct 1977Europe32.7 km3391 mio.
4TurkeyAnkara30 Aug 1996Asia23.1 km23113 mio.
5BelgiumAntwerp25 Mar 1975Europe7.6 km11
6GreeceAthens1954Europe52.0 km52325 mio.
7USAAtlanta30 Jun 1979America79.2 km3934 mio.
8AzerbaijanBaku6 Nov 1967Asia31.7 km21176 mio.
9USABaltimore21 Nov 1983America24.5 km1414 mio.
10ThailandBangkok5 Dec 1999Asia46.3 km44206 mio.
11SpainBarcelona30 Dec 1924Europe110.5 km152378 mio.
12ChinaBeijing1 Oct 1969Asia227.6 km1471200 mio.
13BrazilBelo Horizonte1 Aug 1986America28.1 km19
14GermanyBerlin18 Feb 1902Europe147.4 km195447 mio.
15GermanyBielefeld21 Sep 1971Europe5.2 km7
16SpainBilbao11 Nov 1995Europe40.6 km3886 mio.
17GermanyBochum26 May 1979Europe21.5 km29
18GermanyBonn22 Mar 1975Europe9.0 km12
19USABoston1 Sep 1897America60.5 km66145 mio.
20BrazilBrasilia31 Mar 2001America42.0 km2316 mio.
21BelgiumBrussels20 Sep 1976Europe32.2 km61136 mio.
22RomaniaBucharest16 Nov 1979Europe67.7 km50111 mio.
23HungaryBudapest2 May 1896Europe33.0 km42297 mio.
24ArgentinaBuenos Aires1 Dec 1913America47.5 km76280 mio.
25USABuffalo18 May 1985America8.4 km8
26TurkeyBursa19 Aug 2002Asia22.5 km23
27South KoreaBusan19 Jul 1985Asia95.0 km92257 mio.
28EgyptCairo27 Sep 1987Africa65.5 km55700 mio.
29VenezuelaCaracas27 Mar 1983America60.5 km47510 mio.
30ItalyCatania27 Jun 1999Europe3.8 km6
31ChinaChangchunOct 2002Asia17.0 km16
32BelgiumCharleroi21 Jun 1976Europe17.5 km20
33IndiaChennai19 Oct 1997Asia27.0 km17
34JapanChiba28 Mar 1988Asia15.5 km18
35USAChicago6 Jun 1892America166.0 km151198 mio.
36ChinaChongqing18 Jun 2005Asia19.5 km18
37USACleveland15 Mar 1955America31.0 km186 mio.
38GermanyCologne11 Oct 1968Europe45.0 km51
39DenmarkCopenhagen19 Oct 2002Europe21.0 km2237 mio.
40South KoreaDaegu26 Nov 1997Asia53.9 km56110 mio.
41South KoreaDaejeon16 Mar 2006Asia22.6 km2229 mio.
42ChinaDalian1 May 2003Asia49.0 km12
43IndiaDelhi24 Dec 2002Asia89.9 km78310 mio.
44USADetroitJul 1987America4.8 km13
45UkraineDnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995Europe7.1 km611 mio.
46GermanyDortmund17 May 1976Europe29.5 km37
47United Arab EmiratesDubai9 Sep 2009Asia39.7 km10
48GermanyDuesseldorf4 Oct 1981Europe9.6 km14
49GermanyDuisburg11 Jul 1992Europe14.3 km13
50CanadaEdmonton22 Apr 1978America13.1 km11
51GermanyEssen5 Oct 1967Europe20.2 km27
52GermanyFrankfurt4 Oct 1968Europe20.5 km31
53JapanFukuoka26 Jul 1981Asia29.8 km35124 mio.
54GermanyGelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984Europe5.5 km9
55ItalyGenoa13 Jun 1990Europe5.2 km7
56United KingdomGlasgow14 Dec 1896Europe10.4 km1515 mio.
57MexicoGuadalajara1 Sep 1989America24.0 km29
58ChinaGuangzhou28 Jun 1999Asia176.1 km88601 mio.
59South KoreaGwangju28 Apr 2004Asia20.1 km2017 mio.
60IsraelHaifa1959Asia1.8 km6
61GermanyHamburg1 Mar 1912Europe100.7 km97184 mio.
62GermanyHanover28 Sep 1975Europe18.6 km21
63FinlandHelsinki3 Aug 1982Europe21.0 km1758 mio.
64JapanHiroshima20 Aug 1994Asia18.4 km2118 mio.
65ChinaHong Kong1 Oct 1979Asia188.1 km951309 mio.
66South KoreaIncheon6 Oct 1999Asia29.5 km2973 mio.
67TurkeyIstanbul16 Sep 2000Europe15.0 km1068 mio.
68TurkeyIzmir22 May 2000Asia11.5 km1030 mio.
69USAJacksonville30 May 1989America6.9 km6
70JapanKamakura3 Mar 1970Asia6.6 km8
71TaiwanKaohsiung9 Mar 2008Asia42.7 km3730 mio.
72RussiaKazan27 Aug 2005Europe8.3 km67 mio.
73UkraineKharkov23 Aug 1975Europe35.3 km28278 mio.
74UkraineKiev22 Oct 1960Europe59.8 km46642 mio.
75JapanKitakyushu9 Jan 1985Asia8.8 km13
76JapanKobe13 Mar 1977Asia30.6 km26121 mio.
77IndiaKolkata24 Oct 1984Asia22.6 km21100 mio.
78UkraineKryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986Europe18.0 km12
79MalaysiaKuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996Asia64.0 km60109 mio.
80JapanKyoto1 Apr 1981Asia31.3 km32126 mio.
81USALas Vegas15 Jul 2004America6.2 km7
82SwitzerlandLausanne24 May 1991Europe13.7 km29
83FranceLille25 Apr 1983Europe45.5 km6274 mio.
84PeruLima13 Jan 2003America10.0 km6
85PortugalLisbon29 Dec 1959Europe41.0 km52180 mio.
86United KingdomLondon10 Jan 1863Europe408.0 km2681197 mio.
87USALos Angeles30 Jan 1993America59.3 km3045 mio.
88GermanyLudwigshafen29 May 1969Europe4.0 km11
89FranceLyon28 Apr 1978Europe30.7 km43182 mio.
90SpainMadrid17 Oct 1919Europe284.0 km281686 mio.
91PhilippinesManila1 Dec 1984Asia45.7 km42346 mio.
92VenezuelaMaracaibo8 Jun 2009America6.5 km6
93FranceMarseille26 Nov 1977Europe19.3 km2658 mio.
94ColombiaMedellin30 Nov 1995America28.8 km26155 mio.
95MexicoMexico City5 Sep 1969America201.7 km1751460 mio.
96USAMiami21 May 1984America36.0 km2219 mio.
97ItalyMilan1 Nov 1964Europe74.6 km88328 mio.
98BelarusMinsk26 Jun 1984Europe30.3 km25262 mio.
99MexicoMonterrey25 Apr 1991America31.5 km32
100CanadaMontreal14 Oct 1966America69.2 km73219 mio.
101RussiaMoscow15 May 1935Europe298.8 km1802573 mio.
102GermanyMulheim3 Nov 1979Europe9.0 km13
103IndiaMumbaiAsia171.0 km73
104GermanyMunich19 Oct 1971Europe92.5 km100349 mio.
105JapanNagoya15 Nov 1957Asia89.0 km93427 mio.
106JapanNaha10 Aug 2003Asia12.8 km15
107ChinaNanjing27 Aug 2005Asia21.7 km16102 mio.
108ItalyNaples28 Mar 1993Europe31.8 km3029 mio.
109USANew York27 Oct 1904America368.0 km4681624 mio.
110USANewark26 May 1935America2.2 km4
111United KingdomNewcastle7 Aug 1980Europe76.5 km6138 mio.
112RussiaNizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985Europe15.5 km1433 mio.
113RussiaNovosibirsk7 Jan 1986Asia14.3 km1370 mio.
114GermanyNuremberg1 Mar 1972Europe34.6 km4692 mio.
115PortugalOporto7 Dec 2002Europe21.7 km15
116JapanOsaka20 May 1933Asia137.8 km133860 mio.
117NorwayOslo22 May 1966Europe62.0 km7264 mio.
118SpainPalma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007Europe8.3 km9
119FranceParis19 Jul 1900Europe213.0 km3801473 mio.
120ItalyPerugia29 Jan 2008Europe3.0 km7
121USAPhiladelphia4 Mar 1907America62.0 km6667 mio.
122USAPittsburgh3 Jul 1985America1.5 km3
123BrazilPorto Alegre2 Mar 1985America33.8 km17
124PolandPoznan1 Mar 1997Europe6.1 km6
125Czech RepublicPrague9 May 1974Europe59.1 km57597 mio.
126North KoreaPyongyang6 Sep 1973Asia22.5 km1635 mio.
127BrazilRecife11 Mar 1985America39.7 km30
128FranceRennes16 Mar 2002Europe9.0 km1523 mio.
129BrazilRio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979America42.0 km34135 mio.
130ItalyRome10 Feb 1955Europe39.0 km49331 mio.
131NetherlandsRotterdam10 Feb 1968Europe47.0 km3885 mio.
132FranceRouen17 Dec 1994Europe2.2 km5
133USASaint Louis31 Jul 1993America73.4 km37
134RussiaSaint Petersburg15 Nov 1955Europe110.2 km63832 mio.
135RussiaSamara26 Dec 1987Europe10.2 km912 mio.
136USASan Francisco11 Sep 1972America166.9 km43100 mio.
137Puerto RicoSan Juan6 Jun 2005America17.2 km169 mio.
138ChileSantiago15 Sep 1975America83.0 km93642 mio.
139Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo30 Jan 2009America14.5 km16
140BrazilSao Paulo14 Sep 1974America61.3 km58684 mio.
141JapanSapporo16 Dec 1971Asia48.0 km49209 mio.
142USASeattle18 Jul 2009America22.2 km12
143JapanSendai15 Jul 1987Asia14.8 km1758 mio.
144South KoreaSeoul15 Aug 1974Asia286.9 km3482048 mio.
145SpainSeville2 Apr 2009Europe18.0 km21
146ChinaShanghai10 Apr 1995Asia334.0 km2301122 mio.
147ChinaShenzhen28 Dec 2004Asia25.3 km2373 mio.
148SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987Asia118.9 km76571 mio.
149BulgariaSofia28 Jan 1998Europe18.0 km1451 mio.
150SwedenStockholm1 Oct 1950Europe105.7 km104303 mio.
151GermanyStuttgart10 Jun 1966Europe24.0 km19
152AustraliaSydney1926Oceania22.1 km14
153TaiwanTaipei28 Mar 1996Asia90.6 km85450 mio.
154JapanTama27 Nov 1998Asia16.0 km19
155UzbekistanTashkent6 Nov 1977Asia36.2 km2971 mio.
156GeorgiaTbilisi11 Jan 1966Asia26.3 km2292 mio.
157IranTehran21 Feb 2000Asia50.5 km47353 mio.
158NetherlandsThe Hague16 Oct 2004Europe27.9 km30
159ChinaTianjin28 Mar 2004Asia72.0 km3715 mio.
160JapanTokyo30 Dec 1927Asia304.5 km2903174 mio.
161CanadaToronto30 Apr 1954America71.3 km74278 mio.
162FranceToulouse26 Jun 1993Europe27.5 km3842 mio.
163ItalyTurin4 Feb 2006Europe9.6 km14
164SpainValencia3 Oct 1988Europe31.8 km38
165VenezuelaValencia18 Oct 2006America6.2 km718 mio.
166ChileValparaiso23 Nov 2005America43.0 km20
167CanadaVancouver3 Jan 1986America69.5 km4974 mio.
168AustriaVienna25 Feb 1978Europe69.8 km96498 mio.
169RussiaVolgograd5 Nov 1984Europe3.3 km2
170PolandWarsaw7 Apr 1995Europe22.6 km21114 mio.
171USAWashington27 Mar 1976America171.2 km90215 mio.
172ChinaWuhan28 Sep 2004Asia10.2 km10
173GermanyWuppertal1 Mar 1901Europe13.3 km20
174RussiaYekaterinburg26 Apr 1991Asia8.5 km746 mio.
175ArmeniaYerevan7 Mar 1981Asia12.1 km1017 mio.
176JapanYokohama16 Dec 1972Asia57.6 km48198 mio.


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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